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Episode 71
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Scene 1:
Geet left without saying a word,
and Guru wondered why she was so shocked at seeing him, a stranger
. Even Maan Singh Khurana didn't say anything
.
The two boys look at each other,
and Chillu grins...
"Chal andar chalte hai
...Main tujhe apne toys dikhata hoon."
They both went inside happily.
"Maan Uncle bahut acche
hai..."
Haan yaar...sacchi main."
And they both look at the toys
Maan gave Chillu. Guru lovingly looks at his teddy and hugs it, thinking about
the happy time he had spent with Maan.
Scene 2:
Geet closes the door behind her
and slides to the ground crying and smiling together.
"Babaji, aapne mere Maan ko mere
paas bhej hi diya. Unhone humein dhoodh hi liya," she takes out her mangalsutra
and holds it to her lips, tears gushing out of her hazel eyes
.
Then suddenly she remembers the
situation,
"Geet yeh kya soch rahi hai tu, tune khud Maan ko
chodne ka faisla kiya tha. Aur ab unhe dekhte hi sab bhool gayi. Nahi, tujhe
Maan se door rahna hi hoga."
She decided in her heart to stay
away from him, but now when he was so close to her, she just couldn't control
her heart. All these three years, not even one second passed for her without
thinking of him, without wanting to go back to him. However hard she tried, she
just couldn't...she was fighting her heart, her soul, in which only Maan
resided. She knew that she could not go back to him, when Sam and her son were
with him. At the same time she also realised that by keeping Aditya away from
his father she did a terrible thing. The poor child missed his father terribly,
and that is why he became such an introvert.
The whole incident of how after
so many years they both met each other so unexpectedly, rushed into her
mind...and heart beats faster...
"Maan, unhe main ji bhar ke dekh
bhi nahi payi..." she gets up walks towards the cupboard and pulls out their
wedding picture and holds it to her heart, "Aapko ek baar dekh liya mujhe meri
zindagi wapis mil gayi..." she then remembers the incidents that made her leave
him, "Woh Mumbai kyun aaye hain...aur Sam...main kyun soch rahi hoon yeh
sab...Babaji aap mere Maan ki humesha raksha karna. "
She believed that he was in
Mumabi for some business work, and that he'll go back again, which made her
heart sink.
...
"Mamma!" enters Guru.
Geet hides the photo back beneath
the stack of clothes, and smiles at him.
"Chaliye khaana kha lijiye, aur
fata-fat so jayiye. Kal school jaana hai."
"Mamma, maine khaana kha liya.
Maan Uncle ke saath..."
Geet instantly stops him, "Beta
Uncle nahi Pappa..." then she claps her hand to her mouth in shock and tells
herself, "Geet yeh kya bol diya."
"Pappa? But..."
"Arre...beta mera matlab tha
aapke Pappa agar yahan hote toh bahut khush hote aapko aisa khush dekh kar..."
"Mamma toh Pappa ko bolo na Guru
ke paas aane ke liye. Guru Pappa ko bahut miss karta hai."
Geet couldn't tolerate the pain
in her child's eyes and hugs him, stroking his hair, that was just like his
father's.
"Mamma, I am sorry...aapko dukh
hua?"
"Nahi...mujhe bilkul dukh nahi
hua. Main toh bahut khush hoon," and she picks him up in her lap and takes him
to the bed.
She places him on the bed, and
pulls the blanket over his little legs...
He pulls the blanket from her
hand, and Geet suddenly remembers Maan, how he pulled the blanket from her in
the Out-house and tears fill her eyes. Old memories flood her heart.
"Mamma
" he snuggles up to him and puts his hand around
her, "wahan na ek Daadima thi..."
"Aap Daadima se mile, kaisi hai
woh? " she asks excitedly.
"Woh bahut acchi hain, unhone
mujhe apni godi main bitha kar khana khilaya...aur pata hai Mamma
unhone kaha meri aankhen bahut pyaari hai...bilkul
unki beti jaisi."
"Aisa kahan unhone, "Geet smiles
tearfully
.
"Mamma aap ro kyun rahi ho
," he asks sadly.
"Kuch nahi...aise hi..."
He wipes her tears with his tiny
hands and hugs her.
"Don't worry Mamma, aapka khana
sabse best hai..." he hugs her
.
Geet forgets the pain and laughs
at her baby's innocence.
"I love you Mamma."
"Love you too beta
."
He falls asleep, while Geet lies
beside him holding her baby to her heart, caressing his hair. She sees the
teddy in his tiny hands and holds it to her heart, closing her eyes.
"Maan, aapka beta mere aansoo
dekh nahi sakta, par aapka khayal mere aansooyon ko rukne nahi deta."
...
Scene 3:
Maan stops the car and gets out
of it. He was only thinking about how he saw Geet and his son after all these years. Only that
incident and Geet's face was running in his mind. He was completely unaware of
everything around him. He wanted to take both of them into his arms and never let
go...His son and Geet were right in front of him, and he just left. He was
cursing himself for what he had done, and why he didn't bring them along with
him.
All these years he was searching
madly for them and now when they were before him, he simply left them again. He wanted to run back to them but something was stopping him...
He enters inside and walks in.
Daadima was seated on the sofa,
reading some magazine. She sees him coming and gets up.
"Maan bete, aa gaye aap? Bacchon
ko chod diya unke ghar?"
"Hmmm..." he answers completely
lost in another world.
"Pata nahi kyun, mujhe aisa kyun
lag raha hai jaise main uss bacche ko, Guru ko, pehle se jaanti hoon. Na jaane kyun
aisa lagta hai jaise koi gehra rishta hai us bacche se."
It is then Maan comes out of his
trance...
"Daadima, woh mera beta hai...woh
humara Aditya hai Daadima."
"Maan? Yeh aap kya kah rahe
hain?"
"Daadima, I saw her, I saw Geet,
and aap jaanti nahi mujhe kitni khushi ho rahi hai, itne salon baad maine apne
bete ko dekha, use apne seene se lagaya. Woh kitna bada ho gaya hai...Main usse
kal hi yahan le aaoonga. Ab main uske bina ek pal bhi nahi reh sakta."
"Aur Geet?"ðŸ˜
"Geet? Huh!😡 Woh mujhe chod kar
gayi thi, maine usse nahi choda. Teen saal tak woh mujhse door rahi, usse ek
baar bhi meri yaad nahi aayi. Main usse pagalon ki tarah dhoondta raha, aur usse koi farak nahi pada. Jab usse mujh par vishwaas nahi hai, meri zarroorat
nahi hai, toh main kyun uske paas jaoon. Mujhe bas mere bete se matlab hai, aur
Geet ne mere bete ko mujhse teen saal tak door rakha. Agar main aaj wahan nahi
jaata toh shayad main apne bete se kabhi mil hi nahi pata,😡" he fumes but unknowing he was trying to hide his real emotions.
"Maan, aap jaante hain, Geet ne aisa
kyun kiya. Woh toh yeh bhi nahi jaanti ki Sam kitni buri thi, aur ussi aap dono
ke beech main itni dooriyan paida ki. Geet toh yahi sochti hai ki aap Sam aur uske
bete ke saath hain."
"Accha hai, aisa hi sochne do😡. I
don't care, woh kya sochti hai. Usne Sam aur uske bete ke kiye, apne pyaar ko
kurbaan kar diya, mujhe bhula diya. Mujhe bhi uski zarroorat nahi hai. Teen
saal uske bina guzaar liya hai maine, poori zindagi bhi guzaar loonga."😡
"Maan, yeh aap dil se kah rahe
hain..."ðŸ˜
Maan stops, and sighs, then turns
to face Dadima, there was anger in his eyes, "Woh Maan Singh Khuran joh dil se
sochta tha, joh Geet se pyaar karta tha, woh ab marr chuka hai. Yeh Maan sirf
dimag se sochta hai, aur pyaar jaise lafzon se mujhe nafrat hai...pyaar main
sirf dard milta hai, aur kuch nahi."
"Maan, itni kadvahat?😠Aap chahe
kuch bhi bole, main jaanti hoon Geet ko aap kabhi nahi bhula payenge, woh aapke
har saans main basti hain. Maine dekha hai aap ko, in teen salon main ek bhi
aisa din nahi gaya jab aapne unko yaad nahi kiya ho. Aap unhe maaf kyun nahi
kar dete...Main ab booddhi ho chuki hoon, aur pata nahi kab yeh aankhein band
ho jaye, kya aap apni Daadima ki itni si khwaish bhi nahi poora karenge."
He says nothing, and goes
straight to his room.
Daadima closes her eyes sadly,
but she is glad and very-very happy that finally Geet and baby have been found.
And she prayed for her family to become complete again.
"Babaji, aapne meri prarthana sun
li. Bas ab aap kaise bhi Maan aur Geet ko mila dijiye. Main Maan ko aur aisa
tadapta hua nahi dekh sakti."
~End of Episode 71~
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